Correlation of mannitol fermentation with virulence-associated genotypic characteristics in vibrio vulnificus isolates from oysters and water samples in the gulf of Mexico

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-101

  Drake, Stephenie L ^a   Whitney, Brooke ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a   Depaola, Angelo ^b   Jaykus, Lee Ann ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; LOUISIANA; MANNITOL; OSTREIDAE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 74549145564     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0362     Document Type: Article

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